The mortal remains of Anjan Dutta were consigned to flames on Friday a day after the APCC president died of cardiac arrest in New Delhi. After last respect to the lifeless former minister in Guwahati and Sivasagar, Dutta’s body was taken to Gaurisagar where he was cremated with full state honour in the afternoon. Former Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi and forest minister Pramila Rani Brahma, MP Ripun Bora were prominent among those who were present at the cremation ground. Before that thousands of bereaved Congress men received Dutta’s body at the Jorhat Airport in the morning and was taken to Sivasagar to facilitate his fans to pay their last respect in Sivasagar town and his birth place Gayan gaon.
Dutta died of cardiac ailment on Thursday morning at the All India Institute of Medical Science a couple of weeks after he was rushed to it. The party in rank and file have condoled his death and conveyed deep sympathy to the bereaved family members.
GUWAHATI: Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal has instituted a high level probe into the Dhola clash where a local resident was killed in police firing on Wednesday. Sonowal, who has come back to Guwahati has asked additional chief secretary MGVK Bhanu to probe the incident. North Assam commissioner Mukti Gogoi and IGP Mukesh Agarwalla have visited the bereaved family members of Moidul Islam who died in police firing.
KOLKATA: The mega dam logjam refuses to die down with the National Green Tribunal in Kolkata asking for a government affidavit to counter a fresh complaint from Aabhijeet Sharma who questioned three members in the panel of experts set up to study the entire issue. According to Sarma, he explained to court that if the committee is allowed to function all efforts done till date will be in vain. The Assam Public Work’s chief who move the judicial body based in Kolkata raising objections on the two members said ID Gupta, the seismology is already a consultant of the previous panel which has already submitted his view in favour of the dam. Justice Mr. S. P. Wangdi then asked the...
GUWAHATI: Good news for traders and tour operators from Assam. Courtesy Kazakhastan. The central Asian country on Wednesday evinced keen interest to receive these people in Almaty to explore the opportunities for bilateral cooperation in the hospitality sector. The open invitation dominated when its ambassador to India Bulat Sarsenbayev is on a five days visit to the premier north east Indian capital city of Guwahati. Opening an interactive session on cooperation in tourism jointly organised by the Kazakhastan Embassy and the Assam Tourism Development Corporation (ATDC), Sarsenbayev outlined the need to explore huge business potential between the two Asian counties....
KOLKATA& GUWAHATI: Even after she was caught in a barrage of criticism, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee continues to take on the NRC issue in Assam calling it a conspiracy against the Bangla speaking people. Many political parties, organizations and individuals have slammed the Trinamool Congress chief a day after she appealed to the people at a rally to give shelter to people from Assam in case they are driven out from the north eastern state. She said “You must remain alert. If someone comes here, give them shelter as your own, do not drive them out.” She alleged that many genuine Hindi and Bangla speaking citizens from Bihar and West Bengal have been targetted in...
MONGOLDOI:An escalating tension in Dhula has forced the authorities in Darrang district to clamp curfew in the semi urban area hours after one person died and many others sustained injury when police resorted to open firing to disperse a group of protestors on Wednesday. Army, police and para military forces are fanning in the nook and corner of the entire area where many policemen and protesters also sustained injury. The incident took place when a group of local residents staged a peaceful protest in front of the Dhola police station alleging custodial death of the local worker on Tuesday. The authority acting on the initial report placed the officer in charge under...
MONGOLDOI: One person died and many others sustained injury when police resorted to open firing to disperse a group of protestors who turned violent after a local worker died in police custody at Dhola in Darrang district on Wednesday. The incident took place when a group of local residents staged a peaceful protest in front of the Dhola police station alleging custodial death of the local worker on Tuesday. As the senior police officials' including DSP and OC started talking to the protesters a section of these people suddenly turned violent and started raining stones at the policemen. Police resorted to blankfiring and lobbing of tear gas shells to disperse the mob. But the raining of...
MONGOLDOI: An uneasy situation grips in Dhola near Darrang when an irate mob clashed with police alleging the death of a local worker in police custody. The incident took place on Tuesday when hundreds of local people staged protest in front of the police station alleging that the police have killed one of the local residents in their custody. The senior police officials also initially agreed to talk to the protestors. Just before the talks, a section of the protestors turned violent and starter petting stones at the policemen who resorted to blank firing to disperse the mob. Even after lobbing tear gas shells many protesters kept raining stones at the policemen who had to flee from the...
DIBRUGARH: Floral Fashion Show has drawn no less response when it was organised I Dibrugarh first of its kind in the state. Held under the guidance of Nasima Begum Lahkar at Chowkidingee Playground, in connection with 5th Assam International Agri-Horticultural Show - 2018 it drew huge response. Several models of Assam participated in the Show. On this occasion a Workshop on Floral Design was also organised in the event on Sunday where many youths participated and learn about the making of Floral Head Band, Floral Hand Band, Floral Bouquet, Table Bouquet etc. from Begum. It may be mentioned that Nasima Begum Lahkar is an international expert trained by the Thailand...
TINSUKIA: Two ULFA -I rebels are believed to have been killed when they had a fierce gun battle with security forces in Tinsukia district on Sunday. The encounter which took place for nearly two hours took place in Lekhapani area on the bank of river Burhidihing at 8 in the evening. Acting on a some inputs, the Assam Rifles jawans along with their counterparts of 15th Kumaon Regiment launched a combing operation in the area where they were locked in a heavy gun battle with a group of ULFA-I rebels in Jagun along the Assam-Arunachal Pradesh border. The gun battle started when the rebels crossed the river Burhidihing where they had to counter the Assam Rifles jawans with firing...
GUWAHATI:Amid growing attack on Congress over suspicious and mysterious stand on the NRC related statement on Mamata Banerjee, the opposition party on Sunday made it plain and simple that there is no question of opposing NRC. Addressing a press conference in Guwahati party president Ripun Bora and senior leader Pradyut Bordoloi said the party had been supporting an updated NRC and it would keep supporting it. "The updated NRC must be flawless and nobody coming to Assam after the cut off mark must figure in it," said Ripun Bora. Hs said," what Sushmita Dev said is never her party's position. She said it individually. This is not out party's statement," said Bordoloi.
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